Tracking Islamophobia in the Media

The Daily Show takes a hilarious look at our politics and naive media coverage of the Muslim center near Ground Zero. After his absences, Imam Abdul Rauf shared on CNN his worries about US national security from the radicals’ reaction to removing the center. But the media and politicians took his worries as a threat […]

On the Hannity Show on Aug. 9, I debated Republican Congressional candidate and former CIA Officer Gary Bernsten: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsDvfMFj0yE Bernsten already declared the mosque “a magnet for militants.” While he doesn’t even know Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, he assumed the Imam is radical or guilty by association for knowing the former Iranian Ambassador, whose brother […]

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I am an Egyptian-American filmmaker and journalist. This blog tracks and analyzes media coverage of controversial Muslim issues that ultimately shape public opinion about American Muslims and our democracy. It features underrepresented views as well as my media debates on these issues.